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# Bleeding Kansas
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The Forgotten Story of Silas Soule, Hero and Friend of Walt Whitman and John Brown
Silas Soule (pronounced “sole”) was one of those people for whom the passage of time has not been kind. Few today know his name nor his story, which was both remarkable and…
Civil War
This Day In History: Bloody Bill Anderson Is Killed In Missouri (1864)
On this day during the Civil War in 1864, the notorious Confederate guerrilla leader William “Bloody Bill” Anderson was shot…
Civil War
This Day In History: Quantrill’s Raiders Attack Baxter Springs (1863)
On this day in 1863, during the America Civil War, a band of Confederate guerillas attacked Baxter Springs in Kansas.…